No More Waiting, She Chooses Love novel Chapter 369

Grant inviting me out for dinner was a surprise I didn't see coming, especially after Ernest had whispered about it in my ear while I was getting my blood drawn.

I thought he was just trying to distract me, making up stuff to keep my mind off the needle. Turns out, he wasn't just blowing smoke.

"Grant?" Ernest's question couldn't have been clearer.

"Yeah," I looked at him squarely, "Ernest, you had a hand in this, didn't you?"

After all, Ernest was the big shot pulling the strings behind the scenes. A single word from him, and Grant would jump to it.

Ernest frowned slightly. "No."

I let out a scoff, taking his denial as an attempt to keep his influence under wraps.

"He told me about it in advance," Ernest added, trying to clear the air.

But was that really how it went down?

I couldn't be bothered to guess. It is a free meal, after all. "I've said yes. Are you coming?" I asked, a bit cheekily.

"Mhm," he replied succinctly, but then he added, "I don't make a habit of letting my girlfriend dine alone with other men."

There was Ernest, laying down the law in his own boss-like way.

Susie, who was watching our exchange, was clearly fangirling on the sidelines.

"Bro, you're so sweet, super sweet to your girl," Susie couldn't help herself.

Ernest just shrugged as if it was the most natural thing in the world. "Of course."

"Licia," Susie turned to me, saying, "my brother's smoother than any romance novel hero, who would've thought?"

Susie probably figured her tough-guy brother wasn't one for sweet nothings.

"Don't underestimate the quiet ones; they're dark horses," I said, locking eyes with Ernest and thinking about how he's kept his true identity from me. "Your brother, in a different era, would have made a top-notch spy."